About Emily
Emily Lonigro is an activist, small business owner, entrepreneur, volunteer, teacher, mother, partner, writer, speaker, and gardener.
Currently, she runs two companies: LimeRed, a social impact-branding agency, and Even Made, teaching home construction skills “for everyone else.”
Founded in 2004, LimeRed is an award-winning social impact branding agency with international clients. It has been a Certified B Corporation since 2014 and a certified DBE, WBE, and LGBT company.
At Even Made, she develops workshops to teach home improvement skills to people left out of that learning. Even Made helps people build confidence and generational wealth through home improvement.
Emily is a candidate for School Board in Skokie District 68, running on an equity platform. She previously served on the boards of Free Street Theater, The Feminist Media Foundation, and We Will, where she helped develop their mission, vision, programs, values, governance, and policies. She was an entrepreneurial mentor at 2112 and 1871 for many years and previously taught in the Media department at Columbia College.
Emily lives in Skokie, IL, with her wife, three children, two cats, and dog Touhy.